| Show S GET GET FL F FLYING YING START 1 AK A O TP 1 WALLOP ANGELS S 7 TO SI 51 BEES POUND WAY TO TOL L SEASONS SEASON'S FIRST WIN BEAT OLD TEAMMATE F Paul PauI Fittery's Offerings Look Good to Former Playmates Orr and K Crandall Use the Stick Rube Evans Comes Into the Fold I IBy By Walter D. D Bratz SAt SALT T LAKE LOS ANGELES II AB R H PO A E AM R H PO A E Farmer cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 Killifer 4 0 1 2 0 0 Siglin 5 5 1 1 2 2 1 Terry ss 5 5 1 2 1 3 0 Chapel Chapelle Ie rt rf 3 1 0 2 0 0 Schick cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 Ryan If 5 5 1 2 2 0 0 Crawford rf 4 1 2 1 2 0 Sheely lb 3 3 1 0 6 1 0 Fournier Fourner lb 4 1 1 6 0 0 Orr ss 5 1 4 4 4 0 Ellis If 4 1 2 3 U 0 0 K Crandall 5 1 3 2 1 0 Boles c c. c 3 0 2 8 0 0 0 Konnick c 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 Wilson 3 0 0 3 0 0 Leverenz p p 5 0 1 2 2 0 Fittery p 1 0 0 0 1 1 p 2 0 0 1 0 1 f P pe 1 0 0 1 1 0 O. O Crandall 1 0 0 0 0 0 Valencia p t Totals 38 7 13 27 10 1 Totals 36 5 11 27 7 2 t Score by innings innings- Salt Lake 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 Los An Angeles gel e s 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 0 Pepe batted for Wilson i eighth O. O Crandall batted for in eighth i Summary Two base hit Sacrifice hits Siglin Farmer i Struck out out-By Fittery 2 by Leverenz 4 by 2 Base Baze on balls balls- Off Fittery 4 off Lever 4 off 2 Runs responsible for r tery 5 1 Leverenz 5 Charge defeat to Fittery Double plays plays- I I Siglin to Orr to Sheely Leverenz to Orr Stolen base I f f j. j I Ij Jj LOS ANGELES April 2 Salt Salt Lake 7 Los Angeles 5 3 winning ginning opening day games has bec become me a Bee specialty It makes j b difference whether said beginning of a season occurs on the i me or visiting lot and the part that made the biggest hit with withe witha e a little handful of us fanatics from Salt Lake was that the in- in victory of t I 1918 9 t 1 8 was garnered from the crooked arm ann slants our old side kick Paul Fittery who once won an opening-day opening fame for us in I 1916 9 1 6 if memory serves us correctly tt Not until Karl Crandall and Lane kissed and made up Dis nis afternoon did Salt Lakes Lake's ch chances look any too good especially lot ot t with the crafty little Fitter Fittery opposed but when the old ball ballme me une got under the way the boys from Utah began to stand out Ice ke the best ball club Ilke 1 I Lefty Leverenz even though he scared us almost out of our Its on one ncr or t two yo o occasions casion was wa as all there ere al and a yard wide ide when came canie to the tile final test Then i lien y o 0 fans uis shake hands with yourself that we have Karl Cran- Cran 11 l back on the difficult corner this r r this boy bov who caused Bill J. J nc so much worry surely did diday ay the bag in grand style and andIs andIS Is IS is timely clicking of the base- base tall f H went a long way toward the thc first game on our ourde J de e of the ledger Bill Orr is another Salt Lake ath- ath te te who did himself proud As a matr mat mat- r r of or fact the bottom of the batting der el including Len Lefty himself deves de- de ves most of or the credit for tile the swat swat- jig g g which tucked a away way this game The weather was not of oC the mud KlUd of or lICh Los An Angeles eles people boast but bute ye Ie e sun did take an au occasional pe peep p. p L the somewhat cloudy slues skies ire re responsible for the rather stingy sUng hening day crowd hut the attendance las la's not what had been expected in ct ct it Il was just about such a crowd Salt Lul Lake Lale e would term a fair Satur- Satur I Ly y attendance The rhe usual opening y ceremonies preceded the game be c mayor threw the first ball etc To iro o the strains of patriotic music a age age ge American flag was hoisted t to td a pole while the fans cheered The he Dee Bees warmed up first and made riaU natty appearance In their umes of or uc jc an and white with an American flag nag irked into the thc shirt front The Fhe hC hO hoys 5 from Salt SuIt Lake looked just natt natty when they took their first firstal tIl rn al it al thop lat late Jack Jak l Farm Farm- armS arm arm- S laid the tho third ball hall pitched over oam am head for a double the uie on I Etra tra base hit lilt of the game Siglin and Fittery mussed mUSHea up the theil j il In hl ills efforts to catch the Bee Hee I fht ht e r nt at third FO to lip lh lat lat- cored ored with tho the first run Chap Chap- lie jIO grounded out ant while Siglin went A screaming single over from Buddy Ryans Ryan's bat hat sent f glin over oyer Fittery found himself in ff r hoV on Sheely and ind did not have o havea a BJ nerve to lay lar it in there for him that Earl drew the first pass of the Billy Orr cracked a r. r lu single against Crawfords Crawford's shins j t Ryan tried to stretch matters and ir ifs ii at the plate Karl Cran- Cran Fati fanned il The he he third saw the Bees tearing Into I Ar tery tery without a bit of mercy for forIr forir ir former teammate and Paul also wed signs of or beginning to crack the strain Chappelle led leel off offa fh a walk and took secona second OB dropped Ryans Ryan's third strike and andOff anda a d' d forced to make the pIa play at the tho 1 lJ Off for Buddy Shee Sheely walked n u sec sec- L time Orr flied out to left leCt hut but indahl soaked one on the pick for F lean sin single le into left center sending Chappelle Konnick's pass filled y I bases and antI then Lefty came through Ii the tho blow which pra practically put puti putt t i on Easy street A pretty bingle i Crawford and Schick regis 11 d 4 Sheely Sheel and Crandall i singles b by On Orr and Cran Gran- t I 4 ti I Idahl clan dall chased Fitter Fittery at t the start of th-o th the thoI fifth frame Young a local I husher busher who pitched an excellent arI article ar ar- ar I tide of ball hall from there on in in succeeded suc suc- J I him The kid walked Konnick I and Leverenz fanned Farmers Farmer's sacrifice sac sac- I fly ny accounted for Orr wavered in the sixth and the tile I Bees chucked over their final run nin Singles Singles Sin Sin- I by br Ryan and Orr pa paved cd me way war and another clout from the bat of Cran Crandall all sent him over I The big scare came in the sixth and it il looked bad for Cor a time Zeb Terry started matters by busting one I the box for a base hase Leverenz lost his I bearings and walked Schick The Angel rooters howl howled l like e mad when I I I Ithe the famous Wahoo Sam Crawford I came to the bat The timer old delivered de de- de livered with a blow to right that scored Terry Schick went to third and Crawford to second on the throw Fournier popped a single over second secona secondI I with the thc infield in in bringing In InI Schick Ellis cracked a safe one into I left and Crawford came over A similar sim sim- ilar liar blow b by Boles brought In Fournier and still there was nobody out Lefty seemed to pull pulI himself together now now- ever evor and he lie forced Wilson Vilson to bunt into a double play whiffed and ended the tho agony agon Killifer led lcd off with a single in the next frame and things began hegan to darken dark dark- en on again until Larry Chappelle picked Cra Crawfords Crawford's drive off the fence SaltI Salt Lake was able to do nothing with tho the I Angel heaving after that but the home homo crew cress garnered another In tn tue eighth I before Lefty LeUr could a again aln apply appl tho the brakes With one down Ellis sin I Dole Boles drove a hard one at Lev- Lev which the latter laller ticked and deflected deflected de de- de I fleeted toward Crandall Karl made a ai i I bad peg to Sheel Sheely and Ellis took third I Pepe Pope former flee Dec batted for Wilson Vilson I and Ellis scored on his out at first An j instant later latoi- Karl redeemed himself I bv by robbing Terry of or a sure sury hit and andI I Sheely saved tho the day h by digging bad throw out or the dirt i I President Lane today todar came to terms I with Crandall and Rube Evans Both Doth Bothi i I boys bos played the holdout string as at tar taras as possible but when they found that 1 I the Bee would not weaken they thoy I were wore tickled to get et back into the fold |
